Obama reminds me of the pastor who gives a sermon about giving in to the temptations of the flesh and then that afternoon jumps in bed with one of the church choir member's wife.
As pointed out, the man talks like he's deeply religious, yet he had no problems telling blatant, bald-faced lies in regard to the ACA. And worse yet, when called on it, he had absolutely no remorse. Obama is a pathetic human being.

"Don't blame the Obama administration for aggressively signing people up for subsidies they know are illegal."
Blame Democrats, who are amoral and unethical? They're merely holding to their true nature. Hold them responsible? That's another matter.

Lying about a lie. What worthless, pathetic piece of human filth.
I made a mistake. Mistake by rosy-red-backside! First you lie and then you lie about lying by calling it a mistake. Absolutely pathetic. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if this guy were a liberal.

So Obama repeats the obligatory praise for America and then turns right around and denigrates America. It's funny to me some people can see through this guy like he's a plate glass window, while others can't see any truths about the man at all.
Interested in some cheap water-front property Tafts?

"It is easy to forget that immigrants are not only workers; they are also consumers and taxpayers (yes, even illegal immigrants pay taxes)."
This is great. All we have to do is open the borders. Let as many illegals from all over the world that want to come to America and we will soon have the largest economy in the world.
Yes, illegals pay taxes, primarily on consumption. But they also drain taxes from the system because many of them are in on the scam of indirectly getting welfare by using anchor babies. Like this, Juan has two jobs. At his full-time job, he gets paid under the table. Pays not taxes. At his part-time job, using a false SS number, he pays a little taxes. His wife Maria is at home raising their 4 anchors. Now, these kids being American born, qualify for welfare. Maria only claims part of her Juan's wages, so their income is so low, through the kids, they get WIC, housing subsidies, free (to them) breakfast and lunch at school, etc. Since Americans are partially supporting them, Juan can now send some of the money he makes back to Mexico to help his and Maria's family. (The family the Mexican government refuses to be responsible for and take care of.)

"Overall, immigration has a net positive impact on the wages of native-born workers, according to most studies."
That is not a fact, but an interpretation of the statistics, which are just numbers. Here is how it works. We have a million new legal immigrants on year. At the same time, average wages go up 2.5%. One interpretation, immigration has a positive affect on wages. Another interpretation, wages could have gone up 3% had it not been for more immigrant workers diluting the labor market.
Do you know which interpretation is correct? No, because you would have to have both scenarios working at exactly the same time on the same labor market, which of course, can't happen. We only have one U.S. of A.
Fact is, as it has been pointed out numerous times, Americans wages are stagnant compared to inflation.

Linda, Linda, Linda. Could you be any more disingenuous? Do you have any idea how many readers you lose instantly by saying "anti-immigrant rhetoric" in the title?
Republicans and conservative are NOT anti-immigrant.
What we are is anti-illegal alien. And again, it's not just the economic issue, it's also the fact that we're supposed to be a country governed by the rule of law. And it's also a moral issue. A woman illegally crossing the border to pop out an anchor baby at American's expense is unethical and immoral. Is it OK with you? If it is, then we have a clear understanding of your values, or lack thereof.
We have immigration laws. Obey them and immigrate legally to the U.S. Is that asking too much?

The problem is Independents on the fence. I'm a strongly conservative leaning Independent and would vote for RINO Romney over any Dem/Lib candidate, especially the personification of institutionalized government corruption, Hillary Clinton. However, there are a lot of middle of the road and liberal-leaning Independents who would be turned off...again...by Romney. Part of the reason Romney lost last time is because many staunchly conservative Republicans didn't even bother to go vote because Romney was such a RINO.